Robert W. Kessler MD, FACS

About the Practice

Practice Philosophy

Plastic Surgery is Life Enhancing
Although good surgical technique is critical to the successful outcome of cosmetic surgery, I believe an equally important element is listening to your needs and understanding your desires. There are many ways, surgical and nonsurgical, to address your aesthetic concerns. I feel strongly that it is my job to educate you on these surgical and nonsurgical options to achieve your goals. The more informed you are about the treatments we chose together, the greater your satisfaction will be with the result whether it is liposuction, breast augmentation or a face lift. Once you know what can and should be done it will be your decision to choose what is right for you.

Given the diversity of individual forms and the possible interventions, I believe an artistic sense is needed to achieve beauty, proportion and harmony. A great surgical technician with no aesthetic sense can not restore or create beauty. My goal is to restore your youthful appearance, not alter it. Your photos, from a time you thought you looked your best, are my guide to achieving our mutual goals. Each surgical procedure I perform is tailored to your needs.

I enjoy bringing your aesthetic goals to life. I accomplish this by listening, understanding, educating, communicating and individualizing the procedure to suit your needs. I combine these concepts with surgical skill, attention to detail, artistic insight and compassionate care. The end result is an experience which enhances both our lives.

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Background & Certification

Board Certification

The American Board of Plastic Surgery

Professional Background

After many years of advanced surgical training and cosmetic surgery practice, Dr. Kessler has settled his family in Newport Beach. He lives here with his wife of twenty years and his 3 daughters. Dr. Kessler is active in the community and brings the same level of commitment to the community that he does to his aesthetic surgical patients.

Dr. Kessler is a native of New York City where he lived until completing his undergraduate degree Summa Cum Laude from Stony Brook University. He then moved to Boston and received his medical degree with Honors from Tufts University in Boston. He completed a distinguished General Surgical Residency with North Shore/NYU in New York. He was then selected for a Plastic Surgery residency with the US Air Force and the University of Texas. He returned to active duty with the US Air Force for three years. During this time, Dr Kessler served as Professor of Surgery to the Uniformed Services University Health Sciences and Wright State University School of Medicine teaching residence and medical students the art of surgery.

After 3 years of active cosmetic surgery practice and Board certification in both General and Plastic Surgery, Dr Kessler pursued advanced training in facial cosmetic surgery with Dr. Bruce Connell in 2003. He then opened practices in Beverly Hills and Santa Ana.

Dr. Kessler worked closely with Dr. Garth Fisher as a surgical consultant and surgical assistant on ABC's Extreme Makeover. He has been lecturing nationally and internationally on topics of facial rejuvenation and body contouring after massive weight loss teaching these advanced techniques to fellow plastic surgeons.

Teaching Appointments

Dr. Kessler served as Professor of Surgery to the Uniformed Services University Health Sciences and Wright State University School of Medicine teaching residence and medical students the art of surgery.

Contributed Blogs

In the last year, the number of 75 to 80- year-old individuals who have come to my office for cosmetic procedures has increased significantly. Body contouring, facelifts and fillers in preparation for celebrating the big 75 and 80-year milestones has been a recurring theme. Each one has said they don’t feel their age and they want their appearance to reflect how they feel.

Most women who visit our practice for a breast augmentation consultation have definite ideas, usually involving what they don’t want. They don’t want their breasts to be disproportionate to the rest of their body. They don’t come in seeking to please anyone but themselves. And, they most emphatically don’t want a result that looks unnatural. Clearly, they’ve given the procedure quite a bit of thought, but there are aspects of breast augmentation procedures that even the most informed patients probably haven’t given much, if any thought to.